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  • 07-19.09.1979 German Tour
    Cancelled - Announcement from German Rocky Magazine [M]

  • 18.09.1979 Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, New Haven CT, USA [S] [SA] [B] [T]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult

  • 19.09.1979 Civic Center, Glens Falls NY, USA [S] [SA] [T] [P]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult

  • 20.09.1979 War Memorial Auditorium, Rochester NY, USA [S] [SA] [T]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult

  • 21.09.1979 Cobo Hall, Detroit MI, USA [S] [SA] [B] [T] [M] [P]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult

  • 22.09.1979 Civic Center, Lansing MI, USA [S] [SA] [T] [M] [R]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult

  • 23.09.1979 Lakeview Arena, Marquette MI, USA
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - It seems Rainbow was cancelled this night

  • 26.09.1979 Broome County Veterans' Memorial Arena, Binghamton NY, USA [S] [SA] [R]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult

  • 27.09.1979 Erie County Field House, Erie PA, USA [S] [SA] [T] [M] [R]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult

  • 28.09.1979 Memorial Auditorium, Utica NY, USA [S] [SA] [T]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult

  • 29.09.1979 Spectrum, Philadelphia PA, USA [S] [SA] [B] [T] [M] [R]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult

  • 30.09.1979 Civic Center, Baltimore MA, USA [S] [SA] [B] [T] [M] [R]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult

  • 02.10.1979 Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Columbus OH, USA [S] [SA] [T] [M] [R]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult

  • 03.10.1979 Wendler Arena - Civic Center, Saginaw MI, USA [S] [SA] [T] [M]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult

  • 04.10.1979 War Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo NY, USA [S] [SA] [T] [M]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult

  • 05.10.1979 Civic Arena, Pittsburgh PA, USA [S] [SA] [T] [M] [R]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult

  • 06.10.1979 Hara Arena, Dayton OH, USA [S] [SA] [T] [M]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult

  • 07.10.1979 Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland OH, USA [S] [SA] [T] [M] [R]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - story said this show was abandoned due to crowd trouble
    in reality Blackmore and Airey had a fight on stage


  • 09.10.1979 Evansville Coliseum, Evansville IN, USA [M]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - unconfirmed

  • 10.10.1979 Dane County Memorial Coliseum, Madison WI, USA [S] [SA] [B] [T]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult

  • 11.10.1979 Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena, Green Bay WI, USA [M] [R]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - Rainbow didn't play, instead Sweetbottom played

  • 12.10.1979 International Amphitheatre, Chicago IL, USA [S] [SA] [B] [T] [M]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - recorded by radio station

  • It's seems Rainbow did not do any dates after October 12th together with Blue Öyster Cult

  • 13.10.1979 Civic Auditorium, Omaha NE, USA [T] [M]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - no support act
    Rainbow didn't play - Someone in the band got ill


  • 14.10.1979 Hammons Center, Springfield MO, USA [T] [M] [R]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - no support act
    Rainbow didn't play - Someone in the band got ill


  • 16.10.1979 Wings Stadium, Kalamazoo MI, USA [T] [M]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - no support act
    Rainbow didn't play


  • 18.10.1979 Market Square Arena, Indianapolis IN, USA [T] [M] [R]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult
    Rainbow didn't play - The Hounds were a last minute replacement.


  • 20.10.1979 Freedom Hall Civic Centre, Johnson City TN, USA [T] [M] [R]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - some sources claim this was October 19
    Rainbow cancelled and replaced by Robert Palmer


  • 21.10.1979 Civic Center, Huntington WV, USA
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult
    Rainbow cancelled and replaced by Michael Stanley Band


  • 24.10.1979 The Armory, Springfield IL, USA [T] [M]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - unconfirmed
    Rainbow cancelled and replaced by Pat Travers Band


  • 25.10.1979 Pauley Pavilion UCLA, Los Angeles CA, USA
    support/headliner: unknown - unconfirmed
    Rainbow cancelled


  • 26.10.1979 Metropolitan Center, Bloomington MN, USA [T] [M]
    headliner: Blue Öyster Cult - possible support acts: Rocket, Black Oak Arkansas [unconfirmed]
    final date of this tour but Rainbow didn't play - a report says "instead the
    Machine Head album was played through the PA in its entirety, before BÖC came on"

  • European tour dates were cancelled in order to continue the assault on North America

  • 05.11.1979 Stadthalle, Offenbach, Germany cancelled

  • 06.11.1979 Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover, Germany cancelled

  • 07.11.1979 M nsterlandhalle, M nster, Germany cancelled

  • 08.11.1979 Forest National, Brussels, Belgium cancelled

  • 09.11.1979 Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands cancelled

  • 11.11.1979 Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany cancelled

  • 16.11.1979 Eppelheim Rhein-Neckarhalle, Heidelberg, Germany cancelled

  • 17.11.1979 Neunkirchen Hemmerleinhalle, Nürnberg, Germany cancelled

  • 18.11.1979 Gruga-Halle, Essen, Germany cancelled

  • 19.11.1979 Stadthalle, Bremen, Germany cancelled

  • 20.11.1979 Circus Krone, Munich, Germany cancelled

  • 22.11.1979 Oberschwabenhalle, Ravensburg, Germany cancelled

  • UK dates had been planned for December

  • The band were then reported instead to be playing twenty shows in the USA as headliners

  • 06.11.1979 Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz CA, USA [S] [SA] [T] [M] [R] [P]
    support act: Tom Johnston

  • 07.11.1979 Auditorium Arena, Oakland CA, USA [S] [SA] [T] [M] [R]
    support act: John Cougar and The Zone, Randy Hansen's Machine Gun

  • 09.11.1979 Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino CA, USA [S] [SA] [T] [M]
    support acts: John Cougar and The Zone, Randy Hansen's Machine Gun
    After the Oakland show reports said Blackmore insisted Hansen would play after Rainbow


  • 10.11.1979 Fox Theater, San Diego CA, USA [S] [SA] [M]
    support act: John Cougar and The Zone - venue: now known as the Copley Symphony Hall

  • 11.11.1979 Long Beach Arena, Los Angeles CA, USA [S] [SA] [B] [T] [M] [R] [P]
    support acts: John Cougar and The Zone, Randy Hansen's Machine Gun
    After the Oakland show reports said Blackmore insisted Hansen would play after Rainbow


  • 13.11.1979 Warnors Theatre, Fresno CA, USA [S] [SA] [B] [T]
    support act: John Cougar and The Zone

  • 15.11.1979 Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City UT, USA [S] [SA]
    support act: John Cougar and The Zone

  • 16.11.1979 Rainbow Music Hall, Denver CO, USA [S] [SA] [B] [T]
    support act: John Cougar and The Zone - recorded for radio

  • ??.11.1979 Sports Arena, Toledo OH, USA
    support act: John Cougar and The Zone

  • 19.11.1979 Music Theatre, Royal Oak MI, USA [T] [M]
    support act: Paul Pope Band - could be cancelled

  • 20.11.1979 Music Theatre, Royal Oak MI, USA [T] [M]
    support act: Paul Pope Band - cancelled - rescheduled to December 11

  • 21.11.1979 Music Theatre, Royal Oak MI, USA [T] [M]
    support act: Scorpions - cancelled - rescheduled to December 12

  • ??.11.1979 Cobo Hall, Detroit MI, USA
    according to the Michigan concert database Rainbow only did 2 shows in Royal Oak Music Hall

  • 23.11.1979 Beacon Theater, New York City NY, USA [S] [T] [R]
    support act: The A's

  • 26.11.1979 Catholic Youth Center, Scranton PA, USA [S] [SA] [M]
    support act: Scorpions

  • 27.11.1979 War Memorial Auditorium, Worcester MA, USA [S] [SA] [T] [P]
    support act: Scorpions

  • 30.11.1979 Calderone Concert Hall, Hempstead Long Island NY, USA [S] [B] [T] [M]
    support act: Scorpions - recorded for radio

  • 01.12.1979 Capitol Theater, Passaic NJ, USA [S] [SA] [T] [M] [P]
    support act: Scorpions

  • 02.12.1979 Agricultural Hall, Allentown PA, USA [S] [SA] [M] [R]
    support act: Scorpions

  • 04.12.1979 Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh PA, USA [T] [M]
    support act: Gamma - postponed till December 13
    rescheduled after a cancellation twenty minutes prior to the doors opened


  • 05.12.1979 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland ME, USA [S]
    support act: unknown

  • 06.12.1979 Manning Bowl, Lynn MA, USA [S] [SA] [B]
    support act: unknown - venue could have been Main Act Concert Club

  • 07.12.1979 Ocean State Performing Arts Centre, Providence RI, USA [S] [SA] [T]
    support act: Scorpions

  • 08.12.1979 Landmark Theatre, Syracuse NY, USA [S] [SA] [T]
    support act: Gamma

  • 09.12.1979 Palace Theater, Albany NY, USA [S] [SA] [T]
    support act: Scorpions

  • 11.12.1979 Music Theatre, Royal Oak MI, USA [S] [SA] [T] [M]
    support act: Cub Koda, Cadillac Kidz - rescheduled from November 20

  • 12.12.1979 Music Theatre, Royal Oak MI, USA [S] [SA] [T] [M] [B]
    support act: Cub Koda, Cadillac Kidz - rescheduled from November 21

  • 13.12.1979 Stanley Theater, Pittsburgh PA, USA [S] [SA] [M] [P]
    support act: Gamma - rescheduled from December 4